James appeared on the show for eight series and it seems Ola fears life backstage won’t be quite the same without him.

“But who’s now going to wind people up? I hope it’s not going to be boring in training!”

Dancing with the Star’s Tristan MacManus will step in for James, while Kevin Clifton’s sister Joanne Clifton will also arrive to fill the space left by Artem Chigvintsev. Chigvintsev has left the show to focus on his work in the US.